"Holden’s 2010 list of things that might go wrong with the project began with this:

1. The tunnel-boring machine gets stuck

Spoiler alert: The machine got stuck.

2. Our plan to deal with a broken machine is inadequate

Spoiler alert: Our plan to deal with the machine is a slow-motion fiasco.

3. The ground caves in

Spoiler alert: … Oh, you get it."

You would think its inconceivable that a project of this magnitude would be abandoned once started, but reading this makes it sound not only plausible, but like a really good idea.

Several things that are unusual about this project include the WA State law funding it puts the city of Seattle entirely on the hook for any cost overruns and they changed the rules capping requirements on construction bond coverage in order to reduce the overall cost. In other words, if the existing contractor backs out (eg because they don't think the city is good for the cost overruns), the construction bond won't cover the cost of finishing it. ﻿

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Oh, this just keeps getting better. From the guy who wrote the original 2010 article (the one that began "You’re about to get fucked, Seattle.”) -

"Seattle City Council president Tim Burgess said something yesterday that should scare Seattle residents shitless. Shortly after a council meeting with state highway officials who run the deep-bore tunnel project, Burgess said in a statement: "There's no turning back at this point. The entire Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project must be completed.”

"This—this—is how megaprojects turn into boondoggles: Politicians say they’re willing to keep throwing money at a construction project no matter how much it costs, no matter how long it takes, regardless of how much the facts change or how bad the news gets. That’s preposterous.

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